Hi all

> On October 28, 2019 at 10:32 PM Dave Fisher <wave4d...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> There is an offer from Microsoft for Apache committers to get a free MSDN 
> license. If that gives access to the proper signing keys then that would be 
> the way to go.

Is it possible for one of the PMC members to find out if there are exceptions 
for non-profit organizations such as Apache?

Warning: I'm not a developer so maybe some interpretations could be wrong

As far as I can investigate in MSDN blogs, all developers buy their 
certificates from various providers (Comodo, Symantec, Thawte, etc) and 
Microsoft only certifies it's own binaries (which to me is a bit suspicious but 
they do own the game :) )

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2011/03/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-authenticode-code-signing/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/get-a-code-signing-certificate
https://aboutssl.org/cheap-code-signing-certificate-providers/

Developers can create their local certificates but only for testing

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/appxpkg/how-to-create-a-package-signing-certificate

Hope this helps,
Pedro

> > On Oct 28, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> > 
> > I do not want to spend money on this service, without having tried with 
> > infra or Microsoft directly.
> > I am sure the ASF has something. And if not I am sure Microsoft gives us 
> > access at better conditions then the 3rd party offer. 
> > 
> > Am 28. Oktober 2019 20:59:15 MEZ schrieb Pedro Lino 
> > <pedro.l...@mailbox.org>:
> >> Hi Peter
> >> 
> >> 
> >>>    For Windows it would help in a first step if someone can search
> >> the resources on MSN and post links of the validation process described
> >> by MS.
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> This is what is needed for Windows Certification: a Code Signing
> >> Certificate
> >> https://www.ksoftware.net/code-signing-certificates
> >> 
> >> Giving that this is a distributed project, I would say that the OV Code
> >> Signing is the most appropriate (otherwise only one person will have
> >> the encrypted hardware token)
> >> 
> >> Hope this helps.
> >> 
> >> Does Apache OpenOffice have any funds?
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> Pedro
> >> 
> >> 
> >>>    Am 28. Oktober 2019 17:45:35 MEZ schrieb Matthias Seidel <
> >> matthias.sei...@hamburg.de mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de >:
> >>>> Hi Pedro,
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Am 28.10.19 um 17:40 schrieb Pedro Lino:
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Do you volunteer? Remember, we all are only volunteers...
> >>>>> ;-)
> >>>>>>>>> I believe these two issues should be enough
> >>>>> reason for a 4.1.8 release.
> >>>>>>>>> Welcome to the team!
> >>>>>> I don't understand the cynicism.
> >>>>>> I believe I have contributed quite a bit with translation, bug
> >>>>> reporting and build testing. Apparently that is not enough for
> >>> this
> >>>>> project?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Too bad!
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Well, someone has to deliver...
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> No cynicism, it was just an invitation.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Pedro
> >>>>>> 
> >>> 
> 
> 
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